Michigan has had its first coronavirus death and 15 more cases identified in the Detroit area

[Siwsan]

A man in his 50's with underlying health issues has died.

The 'hot spot' is down in southeastern Michigan.
The new cases are:
-- 7 people in Oakland County.
-- 5 people in the city of Detroit.
-- 2 people in Macomb County.
-- 1 person in Wayne County.

[Bookworm2586]

1. My son and family

live right next to Oakland County. Very scary.

[Siwsan]

2. It really is scary because the number is now at 80

I'm in Genesee County, directly north of Oakland. So far, they aren't reporting any cases in Genesee County but they are still waiting on test results.

From the map, all of the cases in Oakland County are more towards the south end of the county.

[Bookworm2586]

3. I've been watching the Michigan.gov

website, and yesterday the total was 54 (I believe) and today it was at 80 with only 15 new cases, so I don't know where the new total came from. They said they would onlly update the website at 2 p.m. daily, so---???

[Siwsan]

4. Here's a chart and a link

I've been following the mlive page. They have lots of good information.



https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/03/michigan-officials-confirm-first-fatality-15-new-coronavirus-cases-80-total.html

[Bookworm2586]

5. Thanks! Great link. A couple of days ago

when the cases were far fewer, they had a map that showed dates and locations of the patients. I supposed it was too much to expect that they could keep it up, but it was great at the time.

I'm bookmarking your link.

[Siwsan]

6. There is a 'sites of potential exposures' map on that page

It is a really good site. I keep checking to see if Genesee County is still clear.

[Bookworm2586]

7. You're pretty close to Oakland co.

Stay safe.

[Siwsan]

8. Flint is still a good distance from southern Oakland County

But I am being very careful, when I go out.

[Blue_true]

9. It is not at the level of going exponential yet.

For it to go exponential, a lot more people would need to be positive, so that the frequency of infected person to non-infected person in such a populated region approach 1 in 1000, from that point a mushrooming effect takes place and the number of new infections for a given timeframe rises sharply. The graph shown is a rapidly rising line, which is common during the early phases of an event that can or does undergo exponential change.